US QUARTER ??

[Burdie]

The pictures may not be good enough to tell but I thought I would give you guys a chance to figure it out. The ridges seem wrong to me for a quarter but may be not. I would appreciate one way or the other if you could help me out. I think it was in a fire. I found it at the buy out at Ponca City.
size comparison

bottom of coin is a date 1910 with a magnifier and light.

Letters on bottom left and right side the letter N


Good luck and thank you for looking.

Burdie

 

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[hollowpointred]

hmmm. 1910 would have been a barber. i cant imagine what would have eaten a silver coin like that though.sulfuric acid maybe ? i hope someone can figure it out for you.

 

[stoney56]

It wouldn't be a Barber. There's no wording on the right side above the date.

Stan, I took the liberty of making a modification to your pic. It looks like possibly an L to the left of the N.

 

[Burdie]

I agree Stoney. What the heck is it? I thought the writing was too low on the sides and should be stars.
Burdie

 

[stoney56]

None of the U.S. quarters have any lettering anywhere near that area to the right.
http://www.coinfacts.com/quarter_dollars/quarter_dollars.html

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

You guys would make great detectives...I haven't a clue other than it does look like a coin.

 

[Functional]

I'm wondering if it could be a Canadian quarter? (Same size as the U.S. quarter.) I've seen a 1910 Canadian quarter and the date isn't along the edge like that. Other currencies might have a coin the same size as that.

For a coin thats been in a fire, that one looks like it was plated. Instead of the coin melting all at once because of being made of all the same material, it's flaking off like plating. I went poking around the web and I've seen reference to platinum plated quarters sold by telemarketers, (I don't know what year). And a 1967 chrome plated quarter:
http://www.worksandwords.com/coins/ecc/ecc9902.htm

No 1910 plated American quarters though. I wonder if something else didn't melt onto it? What does the other side of the coin look like?

F.

 

[Burdie]

Thanks for asking. It looks like the center of this coin with no evidence of lettering any where. I know the flaking is puzzling to. I am going to keep searching coins.
Burdie

 

[dr-quest]

Not a 1910 Canadian quarter .The date on those are higher inside the coin not at the edge.
Thats my 2 cents worth
Good luck on the ID